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Utah Governor and the University of Utah to Celebrate State’s Entrepreneurial Spirit

(UtahPulse.com) -- The University of Utah and Governor Gary Herbert have entered into a partnership to celebrate the spirit of entrepreneurship during the week of Sept. 26-30. Activities revolve around the declaration by Governor Herbert, himself a former small business owner, declaring today the state’s official Entrepreneurship Day. That proclamation will be made 11:30 a.m. in the Capitol...

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Higher education goals

(KSL-TV) -- Utah business and community leaders have set an ambitious goal for the state of Utah: ensure two- thirds of all Utahns over the age of 20 have a skilled trade certificate or a college degree by 2020. "We are seeing fewer kids entering college. We're seeing less women graduate from college," said Mark Bouchard, Salt Lake Chamber...

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“The Undereducated American”

According to the latest report from the Georgetown University Center for Education and the Workforce, the United States is not keeping pace with a growing demand for college-going workers and will need to add likely 20 million post-secondary-educated workers in the next 15 years. This solution would make our country's "level of educational attainment comparable with other developed nations,...

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Utah’s Future Workforce: In Hopeful Hands of Higher Education

(Candace Little, Utah Business Magazine) -- Education leaders from across the state, including representatives from most major institutions of higher education met for Utah Business magazine’s Education Roundtable on Tuesday, June 7 where they discussed the challenges and opportunities facing higher education in Utah. One major opportunity identified by the group was the...

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